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5 Major Issues Facing US Veterans Today

1) Unemployment. Many disabled veterans are unable to find solid work once they return home. This has always been the key pin for me. Veterans need to work and be paid enough to keep poverty and homelessness at bay. It is vital to their psychological and emotional health. It is primarily the reason for all the other issues facing them, apart from physical injuries which plague many veterans everyday of their lives.

HirePatriots offers aCareers job board exclusively for US veterans. The jobs posted there are companies looking specifically to fill them with veterans. And if you find a job, we will be glad to act as advocates and contact the companies HR department with our recommendation.

We also offer an exclusive Day by Day job board for US veterans, These are jobs posted by local residents and businesses that want extra help for a day or more. If your community does not have one, we will build it for them, and send posters and fliers to spread the word. Here is what civilians and veterans here in San Diego say about the importance of this site: https://hirepatriots.com/testimonials.

2) Homelessness. Approximately one third of all homeless Americans are veterans. The economy is currently strong and there is a low unemployment rate. But among many veterans staying employed is difficult. Having to deal with civilians can become a challenge for veterans who are used to a very structured system with hard S.O.P’s to obey. The chaos of the civilian world is not something they are accustomed too. Also, they may experience traumatic memories and struggle with extreme chronic pain.

Veteran Homelessness is a tragedy we see every day that our citizenry about which our citizens should be more concerned and committed to ending. Patriotic Hearts, our US veteran NPO, provides careers, day jobs, retreats, and easy business opportunities to help reduce veteran homelessness.

3) Poor Mental Health. Unfortunately, suicide and depression rates remain high among members of the armed forces. Approximately one third of all

4) Physical Injuries. Few escape from live combat without any injuries. War is a machine that churns human bodies, and kills, maims, and handicaps many involved. I have had the honor of making friends with thousands of these men and women. They are the primary impetus for all I do.

5) Lack of Education: This is the fault of our US military and our Education system and certification systems. Many of the young men and women enter the military not for war, but for education. Yet many of the tasks that require training and a certain amount of expertise are not associated with any degrees or certifications in Project management and various OSHA trades. Our Government and our US Military must address this issue. All veterans should be walking into a job for which they are trained and with an equitable salary commiserate with their years of military service.

Hello, I'm Mark Baird and I founded Hire Patriots. My wife and I are 'helpers.' We are concerned about meeting the practical needs of our US veterans veterans and their families. We began a job board for local residents to post chores that they need help with. It has been very successful. Thousands of local US Military and veterans partially or entirely support themselves from our website. We are looking for others near US Military bases who would also like to have a HirePatriots.com website for their location. Find more information about our military programs at PatrioticHearts.org. And please make a contribution of any kind. Thank you.

Patriotic Hearts' mission is to create effective economic stability and enhancement programs that assists U.S. Military, veterans and their families and aids their return to the civilian sector as healthy, successful and important contributors to the American way of life; and, to educate the US citizenry about their valiant sacrifices and value to our nation.

Our Programs

Job Fairs

HirePatriots has hosted many job fairs for the U.S. military and veterans. HirePatriots has a stellar reputation with businesses across America and the world. And of course, we are highly regarded by the U.S. military.

Veteran Entrepreneur Mentoring

HirePatriots vigorously seeks to support veterans who have chosen to start their own businesses. We believe that this is crucial to the rebuilding of the American economy and to employing more of our transitioned U.S. military. HirePatriots has created a valuable training and support program for U.S Veteran entrepreneurs. We use the combined business acumen of our multiple HirePatriots’ business leaders to provide step-by-step hands on business development training.

Military Marriage Enrichment Retreats

Our military’s emotional and psychological health, as well as their professionalism is largely dependent upon the health of their relationships with their immediate family members. The divorce rate has risen as high as 90% on bases with frequent combat deployments. Military wives call it "The Plague."

Patriotic Hearts hosts military marriage enrichment retreats to strengthen military and veterans’ marriages. The theme of our retreats is "Love and Respect." They last from Friday night until Sunday afternoon. We continue to follow each couple closely after the retreats. And we have had wonderful success in keeping marriages and families united. These are all-expenses paid retreats.

Financial Wellness

Patriotic Hearts provides training on how to manage personal and family income, through seminars, retreats and online. This is a unique and comprehensive 5 point Financial Wellness series of workshop courses that has been specifically designed for veterans, active duty, and military families. It is a customized, financial wellness curriculum that focuses on helping our heroes and their families understand their particular spending personalities. Then we teach the essentials of money management. And we also explain the necessity for multiple streams of income and investment strategies.

Career & Personal Counseling

Many qualified volunteers offer to give professional counseling to US veterans’ career search. And marriage counselors, PTSD experts and licensed psychologists also donate their time and services.

School Kids Program

A wonderful result of our increasing popularity has been that public schools are adopting Patriotic Hearts and HirePatriots as a community service project. These schools receive their own HirePatriots.com website, and the students fill it with their patriotic efforts, essays, videos and pictures. We are also writing a curriculum and a book to promote this program and make it a perpetual part of our American fabric.

Educational Endeavors

In the last 50 years the American population has gone from 90% of American males being US military veterans to less than 1% of our current generation. And further reductions in our nation’s Armed Forces are being planned. There now exists a tremendous vacuum of understanding and appreciation for the important role veterans and their families play in keeping America a safe haven for democracy and freedom. In response, Patriotic Hearts trains patriotic citizens to speak and seeks out opportunities on TV, radio, in the press, and at community events, associations, clubs and schools for them teach about US veterans’ sacrifices and critical role in preserving our way of life.

Veterans Green Program

In order to raise funds for our Patriotic Hearts programs we are asking companies to donate their e-waste to us. Those companies will receive a certificate of donation from our non-profit. We will hire US veterans to pick up and recycle their waste. And we will be able to fund the vital programs we provide with that assistance.